Masashi Hamauzu went completely unhinged on this PS2 score. UNLIMITED:SaGa's soundtrack fuses classical piano with jazz percussion and these wild electronic flourishes that shouldn't work together but absolutely do. "Battle Theme I" opens with aggressive piano runs and horn stabs that feel like a concert hall brawl.
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"Perpetual Motion" lives up to its name with this restless, cascading string and keyboard arrangement that never settles. Each character theme has real personality too, "Mythe's Theme" carrying this quiet melancholy while "Ruby's Theme" bounces with bright energy.
Hamauzu treating a JRPG score like a contemporary classical composition. The game divided people but the music never did. SaGa fans already know, and the rest of you need to catch up.